On 26 Nov 2003 at 9:46, Henry Posner wrote:
> At 01:23 AM 11/26/2003 +0100, EOS-Digest wrote:
> >I still believe there is nothing illegal in copying & distribution
> >Canon user manuals....;))
>
> There nothing illegal about me copying and distributing dupes of
> images you took either then, even if I do charge a small fee for the
> service which I don't share with you, and even if I never got your
> permission in the first place, is there?
>
> Maybe Canon shouldn't copyright them,
Canon *doesn't* copyright them, at least not specifically in the
manual itself.
> and maybe the law's stupid
> (another topic for another thread) but either you're flouting the law
> and the creator's rights, or this is an act of civil disobedience,
> which as a child of the Woodstock era I have to applaud. :-)
Such a large company would have put a copyright notice in front of
each and every manual if they had any concern about that.
Just like they put a warning in each and ever manual that you
shouldn't use off-brand lenses/flashes/etc....they *do* know how to
protect themselves, formally....;))
--
Bye,
Willem-Jan Markerink
The desire to understand
is sometimes far less intelligent than
the inability to understand
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